Retailer Aaron Montgomery Ward is credited with inventing the mail order catalog in 1872. Ward used guarantees, exceptional customer service, and clever catalog marketing copy to persuade customers to purchase items from a catalog. Ward introduced the idea of payment installments to help lower-income customers. Ward's catalog grew from nearly 200 items to over 10,000 items in ten years.
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